Direc­tory macros/latex/contrib/inlinedef

README

INLINEDEF -- Inlined expansions within definitions
AUTHOR
Stephen D. Hicks is author of inlinedef
email: sdh33@cornell.edu
COPYRIGHT
This program is provided under the terms of the
LaTeX Project Public License distributed from CTAN
archives in the directory macros/latex/base/lppl.txt.
Copyright 2008 Stephen D. Hicks
INSTALLATION
Run `latex inlinedef.ins' and copy the inlinedef.sty file into a
path searched by LaTeX.
DESCRIPTION
This package provides a macro \Inline that precedes a \def or
\gdef. Within the definition text of an inlined definition,
keywords such as \Expand may be used to selectively inline certain
expansions at definition-time. This eases the process of
redefining macros in terms of the original definition, as well
as definitions in which the token that must be expanded is deep
within, where \expandafter would be difficult and \edef is not
suitable. Another application is as an easier version of
\aftergroup, by defining a macro in terms of expanded local
variables, then ending the group with \expandafter\endgroup\macro
FILES
README This file
inlinedef.dtx Source code, test suite, and documentation
inlinedef.ins Installation script generating source and tests
inlinedef.pdf PDF version of the documentation

in­linedef – In­line ex­pan­sions within def­i­ni­tions

The pack­age pro­vides a macro \In­line that pre­cedes a
\def or \gdef. Within the def­i­ni­tion text of an
in­lined def­i­ni­tion, key­words such as \Ex­pand may be used
to se­lec­tively in­line cer­tain ex­pan­sions at def­i­ni­tion-time. This
eases the pro­cess of re­defin­ing macros in terms of the orig­i­nal
def­i­ni­tion, as well as def­i­ni­tions in which the to­ken that must be
ex­panded is deep within, where \ex­pandafter would be
dif­fi­cult and \edef is not suit­able. Another ap­pli­ca­tion
is as an eas­ier ver­sion of \af­ter­group, by defin­ing a
macro in terms of ex­panded lo­cal vari­ables, then end­ing the group
with \ex­pandafter\end­group\macro.